A stellar double header that has two legendary guitar virtuosos between them, is heading to our shores in June 2018.   Grammy-nominated Extreme, one of the most successful rock acts of the late 80s & 90s, and hard rock’s original supergroup Mr. Big will be touring capital cities mid-year to showcase their exceptional musical prowess. Extreme became one of the most prosperous bands of the early […]

Get a double dose of Shock Rock as WEDNESDAY 13 and DAVEY SUICIDE join forces to bring their devilish goodness and a very early Halloween to Australia. A grimly glamorous ghoul who first slithered from the cobwebbed shadows of Charlotte, North Carolina, in the early 90s, WEDNESDAY 13 has firmly established himself as the world’s premier purveyor of balls-out horror punk insanity.  With a vivid and […]

Underoath release Erase Me, their sixth studio album and first since 2010, via Fearless Records and Caroline Australia on April 6. The confirmation of what is one of rock music’s most anticipated and speculated about reunions arrives with Underoath’s first new song in nearly a decade, “On My Teeth” see below “We’ve had success and we’ve come through a lot of […]

The Sunset Strip’s favourite sons, Steel Panther, are returning to Australia in May 2018 for a WORLD FIRST run of shows! They are returning to Australian shores with their Sunset Strip Live!Tour, which is ALL PANTHER, ALL NIGHT. Two sets – One set of Steel Panther originals, and One set of Classic Covers! Presented by MJR Presents by Arrangement with United Talent Agency, […]

Sweden’s premiere purveyors of thrash metal meets sleaze rock, Hardcore Superstar will be touring Australia this June! Having last toured Australia waaay back in 2008, HCSS are ready to make it up to their fans for a decade of lost time in a big way! Fusing a base of hard, aggressive heavy metal with the catchy, melodic and decadent hard rock of […]

  After a completely SOLD OUT Australian Tour of epic proportions in 2015, Heavy Metal Icons MACHINE HEAD are set to make their triumphant return in 2018 and this time around they will be armed with their new album ‘Catharsis’ which entered the Australian ARIA Charts at Number 10. MACHINE HEAD have flown the flag for truth, integrity and creative desire in metal, starting with the earth-shattering […]

Brisbane’s 4ZZZ have described Dirty Hearts sound as “the music that once ruled this country”. The three piece band from Brisbane who are putting their own slant on classic Australian rock ‘n’ roll, are about to drop their new track “Sand-Lea”, highlighting their effortless introduction to the rock that will follow their forthcoming debut album. Following on from their 2015 self-titled EP, […]

Aussie rock icon, Sarah McLeod, announces the launch of her fashion label, BAD VALENTINE. The range will debut with a small selection of T-Shirts that project bold statements for the brave at heart. McLeod’s single of the same name will also launch with a video clip featuring models Lola Van Vorst, Tuyamaa Tumenjargal (Miss Mongolia), Natalie Sweete in the reimagined […]

Los Angeles rock and rollers the Bulletboys will tour Australia for the very first time this May! Emerging from the LA glam rock scene at its zenith with more blues licks than lipstick, Bulletboys have been a mainstay of the rock scene for the past 30 years. Formed by frontman Marq Torien after stints in King Kobra and a then unsigned Ratt, Bulletboys hit the […]

TONIGHT ALIVE have announced their return to Australia armed with their brand new album, Underworld! Tickets go on sale at midday next Thursday, February 15. My Live Nation members can be among the first to secure tickets during the pre-sale beginning 10am Tuesday, February 13. For complete tour and ticketing, visit: livenation.com.au. After bursting onto charts around the world, Tonight Alive’s newest album […]

Genre melding masters, (hed) p.e. will be making their long overdue return to Australia this March as they embark on their Worldwide Unity Tour! Fusing rock, punk, rasta, gansta rap and soul into something truly unique (and affectionately known as G-Punk), (hed) p.e. have been a mainstay in the rock and metal community since forming in 1994. Over the course of their ten albums […]

US rock n roll survivors, Little Caesar have signed a global deal with Golden Robot Records for the release of their new album Eight in March. Little Caesar fuse no-nonsense hard rock that harks back to 70’s giants such as Bad Company and Humble Pie with an aching ZZ Top groove and overlay it with classic R&B melodies to produce some mighty fine straight up good time rock and roll! Eight is the […]

They last stormed Australia and New Zealand two years ago in support of their chart-topping second album, Smoke + Mirrors. In 2017 they smashed radio worldwide with huge singles ‘Thunder’, ‘Believer’ and ‘Whatever It Takes’. Las Vegas rockers Imagine Dragonswill bring their Evolve World Tour to Australia and New Zealand for Frontier Touring in May 2018 for a blazing six-date run, including their first ever show in Wellington! […]

Two-time GRAMMY award-winners Evanescence will next month embark on their epic Australian east coast tour, Synthesis Live With Orchestras, to celebrate their triumphant fourth studio album, Synthesis.  The hotly anticipated tour will kick off in Brisbane, however due to scheduling requirements, this show with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra will now be held at the Brisbane Convention And Exhibition Centre (BCEC) on February 10.  All ticket holders […]

Legendary rocker Gene Simmons has today announced he will be moving his forthcoming Australian concert dates with the Gene Simmons Band to August and September 2018, celebrating the milestone 40th anniversary of the release of his self-titled solo album. Gene’s new tour dates will kick off in Adelaide on August 28th at the Entertainment Centre Theatre, followed by Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne on […]

THE DEAD DAISIES announce new Album “BURN IT DOWN” via Spitfire Music / SPV on April 6th, 2018   2018 WORLD TOUR will Bring the Heat to a Town near you!!   Deen Castronovo (Bad English, Journey) joins The Dead Daisies   “BURN IT DOWN” is a muscular tour-de-force, a tornado of pounding drums, pulverizing bass, screaming guitars and in-your-face […]

Andrew W.K. is excited to release his newest anthem, Music Is Worth Living For, the debut single from his upcoming album, You’re Not Alone, due out March 2nd, 2018 via Sony Music Australia. You’re Not Alone is Andrew’s first collection of brand new rock songs since 2009. Album pre-orders are available HERE. The new song, Music Is Worth Living For, features Andrew’s characteristically full-blown style, cranked up to an even […]

Launching his album in Sydney with one Australian show only, Dizzy Reed will be performing at Frankie’s Pizza on Sunday, 18 February, with support from local artists including The Kids, who will launch their debut single, School, that night. Due to popular demand globally, Guns N’ Roses keyboardist, Dizzy Reed, has also announced that the release of his 2018 debut solo album, Rock ‘n Roll Ain’t Easy, will now be made […]

Jack White has announced the release of his eagerly anticipated new album, BOARDING HOUSE REACH (Third Man/Columbia and Sony Music Entertainment Australia). The 12 time GRAMMY® Award-winner’s third solo LP and first all-new album in nearly four years, BOARDING HOUSE REACH will be released everywhere on Friday, March 23, 2018. BOARDING HOUSE REACH sees Jack White expanding his musical palate with perhaps his most ambitious work thus far, a […]

Since forming back in 2000, the mighty MASTODON have certainly made the most of their time. Performing everywhere from Coachella and Bonnaroo to Download and Sonisphere and nearly every major festival in between, they’ve headlined legendary venues such as Red Rocks and sold out shows around the globe. Their epic sets of cerebral metal casting dark shadows over pop culture, bridging the gap between hard rock and mainstream, thanks to […]

LIMP BIZKIT, what can we say, still one of the most fun and entertaining live bands from America. After 22 years and going stronger than ever, Limp Bizkit will carry their rap-rock torch loud and proud all the way to Australia 2018. Songs like Rollin, My Generation, and Break Stuff will have everyone going full throttle. You are not going […]

Multi-platinum Canadian pop-punk legends SIMPLE PLAN today reveal they will bring their No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls 15th Anniversary World Tour to Australia in April for a special run of East Coast dates. Opening to rave reviews across North America, the No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls 15thAnniversary Tour is a killer night chock-a-block full of Simple Plan’s pop-punk classics, and now Australian fans get their one and […]

Papa Roach – the California band that started their career in 2000 with their Global smash single “Last Resort” today officially put out the challenge to Australian musicians to support on their upcoming HEADLINE dates if they qualify. Bands that send a song, video and their influences in ROCK, INDIE PUNK, ALTERNATIVE genres will be hand selected by Papa Roach by Monday 15 January. Entries […]

Judas Priest could easily rest on their laurels at this stage of their highly successful and influential career. However, the legendary metal band – singer Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis – refuse to do so as evidenced by the arrival of their eighteenth studio album overall, Firepower. Set for release on Friday 9th March 2018 via Sony Music Australia – the album […]

Famed vocalist of The Dead Daisies, John Corabi, is set to release his first-ever solo live album Live 94 (One Night In Nashville). Corabi performs the classic self-titled 1994 Mötley Crüe album that he sang on after longtime Crüe vocalist Vince Neil stepped away from the role in 1992. “I love the way this record came out. I wanted something […]

Put up or shut up. It’s a mantra many rock bands of today tend to give great lip service to, but often fail to deliver the goods to back up their lofty claims. The hard-rocking Seattle quartet Walking Papers knows exactly how to forge the sounds that back up everything they want to be as a vibrant creative entity. “There’s […]

Would you like to see JIMMY BARNES, RSO, DIESEL, RICHARD CLAPTON, ASH GRUNWALD, DALLAS CRANE live in Australia on us? Well, thanks to our friends at One World Entertainment and PSM Publicity we have two double passes to give away for the Under The Southern Stars festival at both Harry Elliott Oval, Tuncurry (NSW) and Hastings Foreshore Reserve, Mornington Peninsula (VIC). So to be […]

Attention Human Scum!!!! Earth’s favourite interplanetary warriors, GWAR, are returning to conquer and destroy Australia in APRIL 2018! “The Blood of Gods Tour” continues on into Australia, as your masters and supreme overlords take their one of a kind carnival of blood-drenched death and destruction Down Under. The last time GWAR visited Australia in 2014, they upset the Australian public with the controversial and media-hyped beheading of […]

CIRCA SURVIVE will be returning to Australian shores in May 2018 in support of their latest album The Amulet. After a successful run of shows in 2015 the Philadelphia alt-rock outfit are here to prove once again why they’re one of the most exhilarating live bands that alternative music has to offer. “The greatest chemistry with the crowd all night” – The Lantern “the […]

Southern California crossover thrash/hardcore punk/skate punk legends SUICIDAL TENDENCIES announce much anticipated DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL sideshows. Judging from their name, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES were never afraid of a little controversy. Formed in Venice, California, during the early ’80s, the group’s leader from the beginning was outspoken vocalist Mike Muir. The outfit specialized in vicious hardcore early on — building a huge following among skateboarders, lending a major hand in […]